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The Ailing City: Health, Tuberculosis, and Culture in Buenos Aires, 1870–1950
Diego Armus
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| #1950227 in Books | 2011-07-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.20 x1.01 x6.17l,1.36 | File type: PDF | 432 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Very well-researched|By Jeanajoan|This was an interesting book. There was a lot of information that drew a fairly clear picture of the TB issue, and also showed aspects of life in Argentina. I wish there had been more personal accounts of people with the disease or those helping them....that is my only criticism.||
“... The Ailing City serves as a exemplary work in the social and cultural history of disease, and it will justifiably become a prized resource on its topic.”
For decades, tuberculosis in Buenos Aires was more than a dangerous bacillus. It was also an anxious state of mind shaped not only by fears of contagion and death but also by broader social and cultural concerns. These worries included changing work routines, rapid urban growth and its consequences for housing and living conditions, efforts to build a healthy “national race,” and shifting notions of normality and pathology. In The Ailing City, the...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Ailing City: Health, Tuberculosis, and Culture in Buenos Aires, 1870–1950 | Diego Armus. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
